Summer Weekends Are Better with Live Music

Mumford & Sons, photograph above at Brooklyn Paramount in March 2025, will headline two nights at Forest Hills Stadium this weekend

The Manhattan Beat regularly lists the best live music events coming to the New York City area. The twice-weekly guide also celebrates via photographs some of the musicians who have performed locally in the past few days.

Everynight Charley recommends the following 50+ concerts in the New York City area this weekend. Consult the web site or social media of the venue for more information about a show, including location and directions, parking, ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, and COVID compliance.

Note that the following concerts, originally scheduled for this weekend, have been postponed or canceled.

• Billy Joel at MetLife Stadium
• Stevie Nicks at Barclays Center
• Deadmau5 at the Brooklyn Mirage

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard headlined at Forest Hills Stadium on August 2

U.S. Girls at Forest Hills Stadium on August 2

DJ Crenshaw at Forest Hills Stadium on August 2

Gogol Bordello at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park on August 2 (photograph by Edwina Hay)

Friday, August 8

• Mumford & Sons, Lucius at Forest Hills Stadium
• The Avett Brothers at the Capitol Theatre
• The Chainsmokers at Under the K Bridge Park
• Death Cab for Cutie, American Analog Set at Brooklyn Paramount
• TobyMac, Jeremy Camp, Katy Nichole at the Beacon Theatre
• Kings X, Colossal Street Jam at the Gramercy Theatre
• Dez Duron at Bryant Park
• The Soul Experience w. Corey Glover at the Loft at City Winery
• Adrian Quesada, Trish Toledo at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park
• Barns Courtney (solo, acoustic) at Mercury Lounge
• Planning for Burial, Psalm, Masoller at TV Eye
• m.s. RedCherries, Danez Smith, Speedy Ortiz at Wagner Park
• TVOD, CDSM, Balaclava at Baby's All Right
• MOTHS, Tzarina, the Supposed, Strega Nona at Lucky 13 Saloon
• Skull Practitioners, Tahiti Syndrome, the Disappearing Act at Berlin
• Honor Among Thieves, the Nude, Witchforce, the Triceratops at Mercury Lounge
• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

Jacob Collier at SummerStage Central Park on August 1 (photograph by Merissa Blitz)

Alita Moses at SummerStage Central Park on August 1 (photograph by Merissa Blitz)

Leftover Salmon at the Capitol Theatre on August 2 (photograph by David Sussman)

Keller Williams at the Capitol Theatre on August 2 (photograph by David Sussman)

Saturday, August 9

• My Chemical Romance, Death Cab for Cutie, Thursday at MetLife Stadium
• Dropkick Murphys, Bad Religion, the Mainliners at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Mumford & Sons, Lucius at Forest Hills Stadium
• TobyMac, We Are Messengers, Seph Schlueter at the Beacon Theatre
• Snow Tha Product, MC Millaray and J Noa, YEИDRY, Empress of, PAMÉ, Sofía Rei at Lincoln Center
• TALWIINDER, MTOORAY at Terminal 5
• Isaac Delgado, Alain Perez, Aymee Nuviola, Brenda Navarrete, Melvis Santana at SummerStage Central Park
• Charles Wesley Godwin, Surfing for Daisy at Webster Hall
• The Word Alive, TX2, Unwell at the Gramercy Theatre
• The Brokes at the Bowery Ballroom
• Editrix, Landowner, Open Head at Union Pool
• Luna Shadows, Laveda at Elsewhere Zone One
• Neon Kross at Mercury Lounge
• Daddy Long Legs, the Thing, Dion Lunadon, Dead T00th, 95 Bulls at Tompkins Square Park
• Strange Majik at Arthur’s Tavern
• Joe Taino Group at Arthur's Tavern
• Doc/Bryan Band at Terra Blues
• Michael Hill Trio at Terra Blues

The TarantinosNYC at Unsteady Freddie's monthly Surf Rock Shindig at Otto's Shrunken Head on August 2 (photograph by Unsteady Freddie)

The Flying Faders at Unsteady Freddie's monthly Surf Rock Shindig at Otto's Shrunken Head on August 2 (photograph by Unsteady Freddie)

Band of Others at Unsteady Freddie's monthly Surf Rock Shindig at Otto's Shrunken Head on August 2 (photograph by Unsteady Freddie)

Bobby Harden at Pershing Square Plaza West on August 2 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Sunday, August 10

• Jonas Brothers, Marshmello, the All-American Rejects at MetLife Stadium
• The Doobie Brothers, the Coral Reefer Band at Northwell at Jones Beach Theater
• Death Cab for Cutie, American Analog Set at Brooklyn Paramount
• Tanner Usrey, Colton Bowlin at the Bowery Ballroom
• Thomas Bartlett, Zoh Amba, Sam Amidon, Laurie Anderson, Hannah Cohen, Elysian Fields, Peter Gordon, Ella Hunt, DM Stith, Martha Wainwright at Little Island
• The Originals, Rich Medina, Stretch Armstrong, Tony Touch at SummerStage Central Park
• Nonpoint, Upon a Burning Body, Autumn Kings at the Gramercy Theatre
• Curse Mackey, Sine, Void Palace at Mercury Lounge
• The Mystery Lights, Native Sun, Pons, Figure of Fun, Fine Mess at Tompkins Square Park
• Skadanks, Butterbrain, LaLa Suarez, DubCorps Intl, the Sweet Fuzzy Itsy, 100Fold, Kala at Washington Square Park
• Hubby Jenkins at Terra Blues
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues
• Noé Socha at Arthur’s Tavern
• Carl Banks at the Red Lion
• The Irish Seisiún at the 11th St. Bar

Sam Sample at the Cutting Room on August 2 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Robbie Burt at the Cutting Room on August 2 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Kappy Arnold at the Cutting Room on August 2 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Chanese Elifé at the Delancey Street subway station on August 2

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The Manhattan Beat reports on New York City's live music circuit. All articles are written by Everynight Charley Crespo. All photographs are taken by Everynight Charley Crespo, except when noted otherwise.

For a list of Manhattan venues that are presenting live music regularly, swing the desktop cursor to the right of the The Manhattan Beat home page and click on the pop-up tab "Where to Find Live Music."

For a more complete listing of upcoming performances in the New York City area, visit The Manhattan Beat's August calendar.